IPE Real Assets’ top 100 ranking of some of the world’s largest real estate investors has captured more than $1.34trn (€1.20trn) in real estate assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional capital owners.

The latest figures from the UN put the world’s population at 7.7bn. This is expected to increase by a further 2bn by 2050 before reaching 11bn by the end of the century. Retail property might be suffering the effects of modern (online) shopping habits, but demand for housing is only going to get stronger.